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Obituaries
James Michael
Bierman
James Michael Bier- man of London died Dec. 7. He was 62.
Mr. Bierman worked as a construction labor-
er.
He is survived by
four sons, one brother and one sister.
Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Thurs- day, Dec. 16, at Dopkins Dinuba Funeral Chapel. A graveside service will be held at a later date.
Dopkins Dinuba Fu- neral Chapel is handling the arrangements.
Jose Luis Campos
Jose Luis Campos of Dinuba died Nov. 21 in Reedley. He was 64.
Mr. Campos worked as a tractor driver.
He is survived by one parent, five brothers and four sisters.
A funeral mass was held Dec. 14 at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Cut- ler. Burial followed that day at Smith Mountain Cemetery in Dinuba.
Sterling & Smith Fu- neral Home in Dinuba handled the arrange- ments.
Eddie D.
Martinez
Eddie D. Martinez of Cutler died Dec. 6 in Visalia. He was 74.
Mr. Martinez worked as a bulk line operator.
He is survived by one daughter and one grandson.
Visitation will be from 9 a.m. to noon Wednesday, Dec. 22, at Dopkins Dinuba Funeral Chapel. A graveside ser- vice will follow at 12:30 p.m. Dec. 22 at Smith Mountain Cemetery in Dinuba.
Dopkins Dinuba Fu- neral Chapel is handling the arrangements.
Rosaura Rosie Montelongo Martinez
Reedley welcome sign damaged again
Rosaura Rosie Mon- telongo Martinez of Sanger died Dec. 1 in Clovis. She was 61.
Mr. Martinez worked as a truck driver.
She is survived by one son and one brother. Visitation will be at 9 a.m. followed by a ser- vice at 10 a.m. Wednes- day, Dec. 22, at Taber- nacle of Praise Church in Sanger. Burial will be
in Sanger Cemetery. Dopkins Reedley Fu- neral Chapel is handling
the arrangements.
Donna R. Reyes
Donna R. Reyes of Sanger died Dec. 4 in Sanger. She was 90.
Mrs. Reyes worked as a sales clerk.
She is survived by one daughter, two broth- ers, two sisters, five grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
Services will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 16, at Time in Des- tiny Church in Sanger. Burial will be in Sanger Cemetery.
Dopkins Reedley Fu- neral Chapel is handling the arrangements.
Jesus Yepez
Jesus Yepez of Di- nuba died Nov. 19 in Modesto. He was 67.
Mr. Yepez worked as a farmworker.
He is survived by his wife, Bertha Alicia Yepez; three sons, two daughters, three broth- ers, one sister, 21 grand- children and four great- grandchildren.
A funeral mass will be held at 10 a.m. Fri- day, Dec. 17, at St. Cathe- rine's Catholic Church in Dinuba. Burial will fol- low at Smith Mountain Cemetery in Dinuba.
Reedley Firefighters Association / Photo Contributed
A vehicle went down an embankment and overturned north of Man- ning Avenue, west of the Manning Avenue Bridge, on the morning of Dec. 8, seriously damaging the Welcome to Reedley sign located in the center median of the roadway. Conditions were foggy at the time, but there were no details as to the cause of the crash. There were no further details on injuries to occupant or occupants in the vehicle. The accident marked the second time in recent years the Reedley sign has been damaged by a vehicle.
Cold cases revisited by Reedley Police
Thursday, December 16, 2021 | A2 | Mid Valley TiMes
By Juanita Adame
Mid Valley Times
The Reedley Police department is revisiting several cold cases in hopes to generate new information to help solve them and bring jus- tice to the victim’s families.
“In some way we believe that they are linked,” said Joe Garza, Reedley’s police chief on the after- noon of Dec. 9. “That’s really what we’re looking at, we are looking at people who have information on all three or people who have specific information on each individual case.”
The cases date back to June 2018 with the shooting death of a 26-year-old Reedley man named Cesar Frias.
Frias was found shot to death in his vehicle in the 600 block of Abbott Court in Reedley. Neigh- bors in the area said they heard multiple gunshots that night and found Frias struggling to breath in the drivers seat of his car.
“We’re a relatively tight-knit
little cul-de-sac here,” said Adam Juarez.
Juarez lives just steps from where Frias was found.
“We don’t really talk about it much. I mean three years have passed, but I mean it’s definitely something we’re going to share forever.”
Juarez said the night of the shooting was a Friday night. He planned to have a glass of wine on the porch of his home with his wife. He was inside his kitchen when he heard the shots and then ran outside to see what was going on.
“We [neighbors] were all in the middle of the street out here,” he said. “Talking, trying to make sense of what happened, trying to figure out whose car that was and why it was idling near my house. I walked up closer and closer and saw what I saw, I backed away and called 911.”
Investigators believe the per- son or persons who shot Frias were also involved in a March 2019 at-
tempted murder of two individuals in the 900 block of Springfield Av- enue. The two subjects in that in- cident were injured but not killed.
Nearly a year later, in Novem- ber of 2020, in the area of N. Kady Avenue near Manning Avenue and a busy restaurant, police believe a high powered assault rifle was used to shoot at a male subject in the area.
The man was injured but sur- vived his injuries.
“This information has launched a new investigation combining these violent assaults,” Garza said. “The Reedley Police Depart- ment is asking anyone with direct or indirect information that can help with the arrest and prosecu- tion of these violent suspects.”
Anyone with information on these cases is asked to call the Reedley Police Department at (559) 637-4250.
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“The suspects then confronted a neighbor who had exited his resi- dence after hearing the gunshots,” he said. “One of the subjects fired mul- tiple rounds in the neigh- bors direction, some- where around 15 to 16
rounds were fired.”
The neighbor was not hit by the gunfire. Ac- cording to investigators, several other witnesses saw a white vehicle, pos- sibly a white Nissan Alti- ma or Nissan Versa leave the area around the same
time of the shooting. Sanger Unified School District administrators
also spoke during the press conference.
“It is with great sad- ness that I am here,” said Adela Jones, Sanger Unified School District superintendent.
“She was a student with Sanger Unified since kindergarten, and talking with staff today, they remember her as a quiet, polite young lady who loved art.”
Jones said a crisis re- sponse team was made available for staff and students.
Anyone with informa- tion on the case is asked to call the Sanger Police Department at 559-875- 8521.
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